People's Militias (Czechoslovakia)

People's Militias
Ľudové milície (Slovak)
Lidové milice (Czech)
Insignia of the People's Militias
Organization overview
Formed21 February 1948
Dissolved21 December 1989
TypeParamilitary
Jurisdiction Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Organization executive
Parent organization Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

People's Militias (in Slovak Ľudové milície, in Czech Lidové milice), also called The Armed Fist of the Working Class (in Slovak Ozbrojená päsť robotníckej triedy, in Czech Ozbrojená pěst dělnické třídy) was a militia organisation of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1989.